>>> goodmorningsanfranciscans. >>good morning. >> we will not be deterred in memory of sandy hook and boston. we are making chicken salad out of chicken bleep. so we are going to start with a great flourish from our san franciscans. [ applause ] >> nicely done. how about a nice hand? >> now because it is 5:11. it's time to remember 1906. we need a moment of silence. a minute of silence begins now. moment of silence. >>> there is our minute of silence. [sirens] >>> >>> there it is. to remember those who perished and survived the earthquake in san francisco. now we are going to remember a song from san francisco. do you remember? some of you can sing. here we go.♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, in honor of the 24 th year of producing this event. here is the housekeeper. let's hear it for him. [ applause ] . >> in just a few short minutes, 107 years ago, this city was devastated by the earthquake, by the gas fires that followed. there was nothing. there was no internet, there was no cell phones, there was no phones. people gathered. we are gathering here today to hono

.5 percent from 9.6 when i first took office that means thirty thousandmoresanfranciscansbackto work today. nearly 11 million square feet of office space was leased last year. we've got the first new commercial high-rise officials building breaking ground this spring were we passed the business tax reform and bonds to renew our parks and open spaces. for the first time we've got to balanced budget. our budget resources are growing. this summer we welcomed the first north cup race. our beloved giant swept the world series. and our baseballs champions but i like to say we're the champions. and in 6 days our incredible 49ers will take the field with the whole city behind them. my fellow san franciscans i would smut to you our city a vital and strong. this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under o

a pathway to citizenship in our society for every american andeverysanfranciscan. andthissanfranciscoof the 21 accounting century requires a violation and move our workers around the city reliablely and efficiently. and, yes i'm talking about our public transit system. i'm talking about all our transportation systems. and one day high-speed rail. i know it's frustrating to push your way onto a overcrowded bus. i know you were frustrated in the past to reach your jobs late. i'm proud to say there's changes on the way and the nation largest addition is once again focused on operations and inviting a maintenance system. this year new hybrid buses will hit the streets. 60 new trillion buses are on the way and 1 hundred and 50 the vehicles will be over hauled. we'll see more at the time of the accidents on our streets. last year the mta adopted a new budget for a state of new repair investments. and no fair increases. last year, we secured $940,000 to complete the system. and this year we'll be starting an underground project. we're wraping up a project to follow that longer than gary bou

the people's priorities head of city hall. and on this course myfellowsanfranciscansibelieve with all my heart we must continue were while these truths have never been self-evident we have to speak of our freedom. the same is our commit to continue the path of progress that we're on today. yet the worse of economic times are behind us we cannot relent to our commit with fiscal prudence with our taxpayers' money. we must not be distracted and retreat from making smart investments in our people in our neighborhood and in our infrastructure. i know that some maybe told me in better times to forsake the people's priorities toward their own selfish progress that's the wrong progress. it doesn't lead to better schools or satisfactory streets let's us instead work until the vitality to reach all people. san francisco must be the place of opportunity and hope for all. there are so many bright lights in san francisco but we'll not leave people behind. we will not abandon people in their home or turn a blind eye to those who need a home. i challenge all of us to reform and visit in the future to t

to trouble or and is the one of the3sanfranciscanswhowent there know we must continue to preserve our colleges decree - it's important to equip our kids to win in the 20th century you knew. i've offered the schools leadership to continue to go forward. i want to thank you you for working with the state to put city college back on track and r that keeps the opportunity coming for every san franciscan young person. because hope and opportunity after all are at the heart of the this place the idea we call san francisco. you know, many of us came here from smoip else or their parents did. and whether it was guadalajara or a rural county in texas what brought us here was that hope where in san francisco as most places offered a better life. it was judged by a play we create not by a language we grew up with. we're a city that rewards the inno matter and the risktaker. fred and harvey ye very and willie brown and nancycy pelosi. we've known our share of adversity, earthquake and the problems with aids. we're not afraid to fail or doing what we know is right. and most importantly we know tha

-standing healthy program and the new international law will extend the program to 3 bthousandsanfranciscans. andjust as we must keep getting health care and pension reform define we must address the challenge of the unfunded liability area. we're beginning to make progress but we must development a more responsible approach to providing health care to our retired city employees >> and know that together our partners in labor will address this the san francisco way to son sense once in a while. and finally, we must rebuilt our st. louis hospital in the mission. they're the priors of critical health deliver as well as major employers. members of the board have taken a strong leadership role working with my office to bring a proposal back to the community that delivers jobs and most importantly critical health care for our city were we're going to get it done. and that brings me arrest warrant why we're here today. a college track and education. i hear from businesses that they're number one priority is education. they would like nothing better to hire san franciscans but they often struggle

thousandsofsanfranciscansbackto work on construction projects. and we're working and providingthatsanfranciscoof admission bay and the trans bay tower can coexist with chinatown and other quiet west side neighbors. infrastructure as most of you know is near and dear to my heart. i drafted our cities first blue print to up grade our infrastructure. and in the last two years we've got funds now for the water supply to be ready for the next earthquake. in the next few weeks i'll partner together with other supervisors to get the most vulnerable buildings to be retro if i had. the rebuilding of san francisco hospital the largest bond in our history is underway on time and on budget. and just last month we broke ground on the long beach library. next month in this very community will open to new bay view library. thank you lewis herself are a listen ran of the year for 2012. thank you for making our libraries a truly assessable resource for all the families in san francisco. and under the innovative and in partnership with so many park advocates san francisco parks are among the best in

but this helps to subsidies the cost of 3 of our gardeners there. the fact it, it's freetosanfranciscanstheupkeep of a garden in san francisco we unique. we have 11 workers that we have assigned and we have about three to four gardeners in the parks. there's a lot of staff that is assigned to the botanical garden. when we were in our worse times it was a controversial decision agreed to a non-resident fee for people investing san francisco and it was similarly our japanese garden. the botanical garden is free speech for san franciscan resident. it was a community comprises we're proud to have it but if we lose that fee it will impact our budget the numbers are up and they're working on their sustainable nursey. thanks >> just some follow-up questions. i know your finishing up but since supervisor farrell brought it up i want some clarity around the expense of managing the garden overall vs. the revenue it's taking in or maybe that could be brought up at the budget meeting >> the revenue piece doesn't really begin to address the total expenses for the garden alts and the botanical gar

happy to be here today. we are here doingwhatsanfranciscansdobest. we are improvising. we made what? actually we made soup out of out of lemonade. i want everyone to remember that back then san francisco was pretty dark. i know some remember that. we have an incredible fire department. the fire department and police department are the strongest safety units anywhere and i know in any situation we can get through it because we are san franciscans. my colleague president david chiu. >> good morning san franciscans. i can't believe you were here in 1906. i would like to welcome you. we know in 1906 this was ground zero. i want to thank all of you and want to thank our men and women in uniform from our fire department and police department who have sacrificed over the years and been part of our early response system. when the alarm woke me up this morning, i didn't know exactly what was going on and i think that is appropriate because when the earthquake happens there is a great deal of confusion. unlike 1906, we are much better prepared. with that being said, i still have nightmares t

to the next level.>>>sanfranciscansforcompetitive bidding supportedbysanfranciscobay, [speaker not understood] quinten cop, [speaker not understood] small businesses san francisco rate payers. reelect natalie burg community college board 2012. home alone for college board 2012. avalos for district 11 supervisor 2012. matt hainey for school board 2012. teachers firefighters and neighbors supporting fx crowley [speaker not understood] sponsored by san francisco labor council. [speaker not understood], lesbian gay democratic club p-a-c. san francisco labor and member education/political issues committee. golden gate restaurant association p-a-c. s.f. forward sponsored by san francisco chamber of commerce. san francisco apartment association political action committee, progress for all. >> please select one committee. >>> reelect natalie burg college board 2012. >> now we will read the names for the committees in level 3. >>> committee to save our city college yes on a, support by thousands of is not franciscans who support education. see attachment [speaker not understood]. yosemi

, this is my favorite. i am a born andraisedsanfranciscan. moreimportant, i represent district 2. i grew up in the marina district close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of plants that i live in. i went to grammar school here. i went to st. ignatius here. i am a proud wild cat. i went to college at loyola- marymount university in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball. i remember coming down here to christie field, when my dad was in the military, seeing how the beaches have transformed into but we have today. you cannot beat the views, of course. it just holds summoning memories and i can come here with our kids, our family. i ended up going to ireland to get a master's degree at the university college of dublin. i went back to the states and went to law school at university of pennsylvania. then i came back, and choosing to live in san francisco was natural to me. when you are a child, you do not realize what you had until you leave home. i had the opportunity to live in los angeles, abroad in ireland, and there is no place like home, when you a

should be drivenbysanfranciscansthatreflect our commute -- communities. this is better for our economy and it's better for our residents. so how can we do it? first we at city hall must ensure that we are collaborating with the tech force industry and make sure we are ready for the future. we need training programs particularly for disadvantaged communities and we need private partnerships and oed's. i'm specifically looking to answering 4 questions. is the program reaching under served communities. is it's training geared towards what tech companies actually need. is techsf partnering with companies to get jobs and what can we do to hide. the digital divide is only one part of our solution. we need to focus on transitional age youth and high school students and we need to cross program collaboration to ensure one program advance to another level. i also think we should consider what the next steps are after tech sf which is a temporary grant program. i am determined that these opportunities be shared. i look forward to your presentation and thank you all very much for being

particularly profoundforsanfranciscanswhobecause of challenges in educational or literacy opportunities live in an english proficiency, disabilities or their status as an ex offender, folks have not been able to get jobs in the economy that we have in san francisco. ~ in our city, we have as i think you all know, a very significant network of federal, state, and locally funded work force development programs. and, in fact, the last time the budget analyst did an audit, these programs were estimated to cost close to $30 million. in 2006-2007, the then board of supervisors working with the mayor authorized the creation under the office of -- the creation of the office of work force development which was supposed to serve as the local oversight and policy making body for this vast network. in recent months, i think a number of us have heard from community and work force stakeholders that the current work force system continues to be too fragmented. at this time there are over 15 departments that have work force development program system sorts. authority for these programs remain entirely

to the community coalitionofsanfranciscansforhealth care. we are requesting the development agreement include a collateral agreement, council community housing organization helps negotiate when dinosaurs roamed the earth a developmental agreement and allowing for community participation through collateral arrangements and we are seeking through departments in order to look at 3 in particular and provide in 3 particular areas health care, the health care aspects of this proposed development agreement, the transportation of traffic elements and the work force elements. it's important to understand without tripping over anybody else's narrative. how it is that we came where we are today. on july 31st that you approved, it was dead. there was no deal. i hope you don't think that mr. gerardo fell off the back of a baking truck. the point i'm trying to make the notion of an approving a negotiator with complex issues with the board of supervisors being a participant and a very broad selection of board of supervisors, president chiu, supervisor campos and supervisor ferrel, each expressed an interest

in the cab business a longtime i am a nativesanfranciscan. mycompany runs 82 peple a day on the average. our taxi magic app has been in business since 2008. do any of you have it? have any tried it? why do you want to waste money on that when drivers need help to stop this stuff going on. if the other companies which you called 31 cab companies, how many have less than five cabs? how many have less than 15? let's get down to the real number. let's not play games. yellow cab and -- cab are already there with the technology. if you other color schemes don't want to perform that tell them to get out. some are disappointed when i invested another 2 million dollars in the new dispatch service and a more sophisticated app. you decided do something else. (applause) >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon, charles-- luxor cab. luxor complied with electronic weigh bills. some companies ignore the requirement and were rewarded. the lesson is clear. don't be the dummy who complies with the rules. the same thing happens with uber, side bar is to ignore all rules. now we are presented with a m

manner. and lastly having a budget that reflects the priorities ofallsanfranciscans, thereare so many things needed in our neighborhoods and communities. and we want to address that in the budget. thank you for being here, and i want to be this night is about hearing you. i will turn it over to supervisor cohen. >> good evening, everyone, it's good to see you. the number one thing we need to keep in mind here, that the budget is one of the most single pieces of legislation that the board of supervisors pass. our budget is $7.4 million -- excuse me, billion -- that's what i said, billion, people. clean out your ears. i would never short change san francisco and say million [laughter] so you know what, i want to thank you for having such a healthy turn-out. this audience looks look and we have a good moderator. thank you for leading this discussion. last year we made significant investments in public safety back-filling investments that were previously made by the redevelopment agency, economic development and support for small business. this year i would like our city to make changes i

it will matter how we then market to the 43% ofallsanfranciscansthatare tier 1 and then the next 20% that are tier 2 because those two tiers are the vast majority of san francisco. >> it also determines whether or not we can say that we can provide a level of service that's at or below pg&e's price. >> it potentially makes our program and our marketing easier to the degree that they're doing these higher costs for their rate payers because it's easier to get to 11-1/2 cents for us than it was to get down to 8 cents. >> i just wanted to add i think there are some ways -- and i'm looking into them with the staff -- that we can further economize to maybe shave a little bit off these rates. if we think we can do that, we'll present that to you. >> okay. >> what about these resource mixes? because it looks like all of a sudden our renewable purchasing of being, you know, becoming pretty reliant on rec's which in the early days was a good thing. and it seemed like, you know, what you propose to us is us sort of two opposite ends of the spectrum here. is there a way to increase the number,

. as anativesanfranciscanihave always tried to serve the community and this is a continuations of one. i was presented with the opportunity from the owner of the business to take it over and looking at the community and what was being served and the one thing i realized that a cafe as a community meeting place serving coffee and sandwiches would be highly desirable. i have in my position three pages of signatures from the neighborhood that we collected over the course of one weekend to provide for evidence of support for our project. and that's my story. >> thank you. >> any additional public comment? okay. there being none, public comment is closed. commissioner borden. >> i understand the concern but i think this is a great reuse. the market being quiet and not well patronized might be why it no longer in existence. it's a great market. i'm very familiar with that area and the truth is in the top of the hill there are not a lot of inexpensive places to go and there aren't that many sandwich type cafe places. this is a limited restaurant. it not allowed to have alcohol as a limited res

is barbara, i have anativesanfranciscans. ibelieve the america's couple truly great historical event including international exposition in 1989 -- it's an event for many to experience. both nationally and internationally have a chance to establish a high record of excellence to welcome great artist to our city. an environmental impact to the san francisco water front promises a responsible and comprehensive in enhancement to one of the premier water fronts. the area of sailing are unmatched. the willingness of america's cup to work with private and public sectors indicate a -- it's in keeping with san francisco storied history and indeed a great honor. i'm in support of the music and entertainment program at the america's cup park at pier's 27 and 29. i believe having this for entertainment on the spectacular sailing on the water will be greatly enhanced. as franklin roosevelt said at treasure island. when you start to do something do you it better than anyone else in the united states. >> thank you. >> my name is john, i work with latitude magazine and giving more people access to s

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